Floating Weeds

Floating Weeds

Ukigusa
🎞️ Movie 119 min JP
โ˜… 7.9 /10 1959

A troupe of travelling players arrive at a small seaport in the south of Japan. Komajuro Arashi, the aging master of the troupe, goes to visit his old flame Oyoshi and their son Kiyoshi, even though Kiyoshi believes Komajuro is his uncle. The leading actress Sumiko is jealous and so, in order to humiliate the master, persuades the younger actress Kayo to seduce Kiyoshi.

Cast

Ganjirô Nakamura
Ganjirô Nakamura
Komajurô Arashi
Machiko Kyô
Machiko Kyô
Sumiko
Haruko Sugimura
Haruko Sugimura
Oyoshi
Ayako Wakao
Ayako Wakao
Kayo
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Kiyoshi Homma
Hitomi Nozoe
Hitomi Nozoe
Aiko
Chishū Ryū
Chishū Ryū
Theatre Owner
Kōji Mitsui
Kōji Mitsui
Kichinosuke
Haruo Tanaka
Haruo Tanaka
Yatazô
๐Ÿ‘ค
Yosuke Irie
Sugiyama
๐Ÿ‘ค
Takanobu Saitō
Composer
Kazuo Miyagawa
Kazuo Miyagawa
Cinematographer

๐ŸŽฌ Videos

FLOATING WEEDS (Masters of Cinema) Original Theatrical Trailer
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Trailer
FLOATING WEEDS (Masters of Cinema) Original Theatrical Trailer
Roger Ebert on Ozu's Floating Weeds
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Featurette
Roger Ebert on Ozu's Floating Weeds